Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Yard Work Begins-Meet Our Local Garden Guru

We totally love our new yard, but we are finding that it requires some heavy duty maintenance.  So that we do things right the first time, we consulted a gardener to help us spruce up the current landscaping and incorporate edibles to the vast array of greenery on our property (you can watch our mini-interview below).  We want to add raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries as well as a couple of fruit trees.  Lisa also wants a cutting flower garden.  The challenge:  We have lots of shade and very poor soil.


Meet Jana Graziano from Clear Springs Farm

Future cutting flower garden



We have a lot of cleaning out to do...

Hydrangeas are not doing well in the poor soil


One of the few sunny areas is filled with shade loving plants.  Future site of blueberries.
This area by the house was filled with hydrangeas when we moved in- we moved them and put in a kitchen garden.